straddling

Example Sentences

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The bear was eventually hit with a dart and fell asleep on top of a cinder block wall dividing two properties, its body straddling either side.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

This places the stocks into three baskets, with 33% in the value group, 33% in the growth group and 34% straddling both value and growth.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

Instead of hand-wringing about all of the doom and gloom like so many other filmmakers, Anderson lets the viewer have some fun, deftly straddling the line between bleak and downright silly.

From Salon • Dec. 5, 2025

Wood, 46, has lately been straddling a narrowing gap between political and personal comedy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

I swing my stump over the side of the tub and stand straddling the curb, trying to figure out the next step of this obstacle course.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen